Written answers
Wednesday, 28 September 2022
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Energy Prices
11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given in budget 2023 to a one-off grant for persons with private wells or who are part of a group...
- Housing Schemes
12. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of serviced sites that are available in towns and villages in County Carlow for the local authority in Carlow to...
- Wastewater Treatment
13. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that he is taking to address cases of untreated wastewater entering streams and rivers. [47322/22]
- Housing Schemes
15. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and delivery timelines of cost-rental equity loan-funded cost-rental homes that will be made available for tenants...
- Rental Sector
16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Residential Tenancies Board refunding all late fees paid to it for new tenancy registrations with a tenancy...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the publication of the revised wind energy development guidelines; the reason for the delay in publishing...
- Building Regulations
20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the departmental working group investigating potential amendments to building regulations to require...
- Defective Building Materials
21. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks scheme will be operational and accepting...
- Departmental Bodies
22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the recruitment of board members for the maritime area regulatory authority; and if he will make a statement on...
- Housing Provision
23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the provision of accommodation for persons on local authority housing lists and those seeking affordable...
- National Monuments
25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications received in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, inclusive, for diving survey...
- Housing Provision
26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to deliver public and affordable housing in Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46816/22]
- Traveller Accommodation
27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the mid-term review of the Traveller accommodation programmes and wider implementation of the...
- Housing Provision
28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable homes that have been built to date in 2022; the target by the end of 2022; and if he will make a...
- Defective Building Materials
31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants for the defective concrete block grant scheme in County Donegal who are stuck in stage 1, awaiting the...
- National Biodiversity Plan
32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to work with and support local authorities in preserving and enhancing biodiversity to help...
- Rental Sector
33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of evictions that have been carried out in the past 12 months, by quarter; the reasons for same; the length of time...
- Housing Schemes
34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when eligibility for the tenant purchase scheme will be extended to persons in receipt of the invalidity pension; and if he...
- Architectural Heritage
35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that have been taken to protect the building listed on his Department's protected structures list at Moatville,...
- Defective Building Materials
37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the upper cap for the defective concrete block scheme to enable persons to rebuild their homes; and if he...
- Housing Schemes
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications that have been made under the home loan scheme. [46924/22]
- Wastewater Treatment
39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason he is not resolving the grant system for persons who were not registered for septic tanks and who have had an...
- National Biodiversity Plan
40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the national biodiversity action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47298/22]
- Urban Development
42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of progress of the Clonburris strategic development zone, SDZ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47223/22]
- Defective Building Materials
44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the situation with the defective block scheme in cases in which persons are unable to downsize; and if he...
- Wastewater Treatment
46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to support the development of sewerage schemes in villages; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Bodies
47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made in implementing the organisation review of An Bord Pleanála by the independent review...
- Wastewater Treatment
48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to assist communities in improving wastewater infrastructure. [47321/22]
- Fire Service
49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position on the review being carried out on retained and full-time fire services nationwide; and if he will make...
- Housing Policy
50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will urgently review the 12-month income assessment rule given that it is resulting in applicants being refused social...
- Defective Building Materials
51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the broadening of supports for those homeowners impacted by pyrite who are not covered by current schemes; and if...
- Housing Schemes
52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any further consideration has been given to previous proposals (details supplied) in respect of the first home scheme to...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the publication of the revised wind energy development guidelines; the reason for the significant delay in...
- Housing Schemes
54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost effectiveness analysis, cost-benefit analysis or cost evaluation that has been carried out on the Croí...
- Local Authorities
55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the support given to local authorities to ensure a swift response to social housing maintenance...
- Water Services
56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to publish measures considered by the rural water working group for inclusion in the new 2022-2025 multi-annual...
- Legislative Reviews
57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects the Attorney General's review of planning legislation to be completed. [44886/22]
- Local Authorities
58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department's plans for funding local authorities in the next 12 months to carry out planned maintenance on their housing...
- Housing Provision
60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of any reports he has received to date in 2022 from the Galway social housing task force pursuant to the terms of...
- Renewable Energy Generation
63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on work to make it more accessible for homeowners to install solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defective Building Materials
64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the review of IS 464 and the drafting of the regulations to underpin the new defective block...
- World Heritage Sites
65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Inis Cealtra Holy Island and the Burren, respectively, were not included in the UNESCO tentative list when they were...
- Housing Provision
66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of completed and commenced construction social housing units in counties Laois and Offaly in 2021 and 2022. [47233/22]
- Local Authorities
67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities to whom tenants owe money in rent arrears have a policy on the way to deal with vulnerable customers in...
- Housing Policy
68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has a strategy to ensure the owners of holiday rentals rooms, such as those listed on a website (details supplied) are...
- Information and Communications Technology
69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the roll-out of the national online planning portal across all local authorities; the timeline for the...
- Housing Provision
70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 5 May 2022, the status of the implementation of affordable housing schemes in...
- National Planning Framework
73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to initiate the review of the national planning framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47324/22]
- Emergency Accommodation
74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current total capacity of emergency accommodation for persons who are homeless; the number of persons who have been turned...
- Defective Building Materials
75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he has considered to remedy defective homes and regulate construction companies to ensure defects do not recur;...
- Local Authorities
76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the provision of maternity leave for councillors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47313/22]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits that have been issued for non-European Union workers to date per month in 2022, in tabular form; and if he...
- Cybersecurity Policy
81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way his Department is supporting businesses, particularly SMEs, to address gaps in their cybersecurity infrastructure and...
- Energy Prices
82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has engaged with energy-intensive industries and large multinational corporations regarding the difficulties they are facing in...
- Work Permits
83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review applications for work permits (details supplied); if he will examine and expedite same; and if he will make a...
- Energy Prices
84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has engaged with energy-intensive industries and large multinational corporations regarding the difficulties that they are...
- Employment Rights
85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date on which he will introduce a statutory sick leave scheme. [47524/22]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Usage
87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the European Commission's proposal to incentivise a reduction in electricity demand across the European...
- Electricity Generation
90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if grants are available for the purposes of buying a generator for domestic use in the home; and if he will make a...
- Energy Prices
93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his Department has had further interaction with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities since its...
- Emergency Planning
94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the Project Dara war-game preparedness exercises for emergency energy shortages that were recently...
- Energy Prices
96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 20 September 2022, if a response will issue directly on the question...
- Energy Policy
98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether it is appropriate and justified for an energy provider, such as in the case of a company (details...
- National Broadband Plan
103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes in the Dublin Fingal constituency that are awaiting connection to appropriate broadband under the...
- Energy Policy
104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes in the Dublin Fingal constituency that have had smart meters installed; and if he will make a...
- Energy Prices
105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47567/22]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Maritime Safety
106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will use the powers within his remit to ensure the timely removal of a vessel (details supplied) that recently sank on the north...
- Transport Costs
107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will broaden the age threshold of the young adult Leap card for third level students, in view of the fact that a cohort of students...
- Public Transport
108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of staff requirements in terms of driver numbers in each of three companies (details supplied) in order...
- Bus Services
110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is engaging with contractors to ensure a replacement service is provided on the Tullamore to Athlone route (details...
- Electric Vehicles
111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand the SEAI electric car grant scheme to include second-hand electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Driver Test
112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driving test for a person (details supplied). [47434/22]
- Electric Vehicles
114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are further supports available to owners of electric vehicles given the escalating cost of electricity; and if he will make a...
- Driver Test
115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving test passes and fails since January 2022 to date as a percentage, in tabular form. [47480/22]
- Driver Licences
117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person must go back to the start when they want to add another category to their driving licence (details supplied); and if...
- Bus Services
118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of the private bus service that transported passengers from the midlands towns of Moate...
- Public Transport
119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the Connecting Ireland rural mobility plan, and, in particular, the improvements that have been made in counties Longford...
- Department of Finance
- Defective Building Materials
120. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on his work to agree or impose a levy on industry to contribute to the cost of defective block and building remediation. [47350/22]
- Departmental Consultations
121. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his Department's recent public consultation on the implementation of the pillar 2 minimum tax rate; the next steps he expects to take;...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Staff
123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the total number of employees in the public service and Civil Service by earnings in specific...
- Public Sector Pensions
124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify recent changes, if any, to the rights and procedures of retired civil and public sector workers to take cases to the...
- Departmental Bodies
125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of communications managers employed by bodies under his Department's aegis (details supplied); the associated grades of each;...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Artists' Remuneration
126. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the basic income for artists scheme was not means tested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47421/22]
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
128. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 21 June 2022, when the annual report and accounts for 2021 for Údarás na...
- Oifigí Roinne
129. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimhir 5 den 21 Meitheamh 2022, an ndéanfaidh sí soiléiriú a thabhairt ar an...
- Coláistí Samhraidh
130. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimhir 19 den 21 Meitheamh 2022, an ndéanfaidh sí sonraí d'aon anailís a chur ar...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
131. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Parlaiminte Uimhir 76 den 21 Meitheamh 2022, cad é líon na n-uaireanta a tháinig an Coiste...
- Seirbhísí agus Tacaíochtaí Gaeilge
132. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ó thaobh na moltaí sa tuarascáil Taighde do Thuismitheoirí na...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Building Regulations
133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans he has to revise the Building Control Act 1990 and the building performance requirements under the building...
- Legislative Reviews
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of progress reforming the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46932/22]
- Housing Schemes
135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mortgage to rent applications through approved housing bodies, local authorities and Home for Life to date in...
- International Protection
136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking regarding the long-term accommodation and integration of Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a...
- Defective Building Materials
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the total drawdown from the defective block remediation fund, with a further breakdown by...
- Water Services
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the release of funding for upgrades to a group water scheme (details supplied). [47361/22]
- Rental Sector
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional resources will be provided to the Residential Tenancies Board to address the chaos in registrations and lack of...
- Housing Provision
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of cost-rental homes completed to date in 2022, broken down by location, number of units per scheme and...
- Water Services
142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rules regarding responsibility for water pipes; and if it is the role of Irish Water or the property owner to repair a...
- Housing Provision
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has collated figures from local authorities to assess whether the number of housing units with funding...
- Rental Sector
146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request the Residential Tenancies Board to publish average query response waiting times. [47399/22]
- Fire Safety
148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and his Department will intervene to assist homeowners in an area (details supplied) in relation to payment of bills of...
- Housing Policy
150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the report on increasing the social housing income limits nationwide; and if he will make a statement on...
- Housing Provision
151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable purchase and cost-rental housing units that will be delivered in 2022; the individual project targets...
- Departmental Investigations
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount expended on the engagement of a person (details supplied) to investigate and produce a report into the management...
- Invasive Species Policy
155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if measures will be implemented across Departments and statutory agencies in co-operation with counterparts in Northern...
- Local Authorities
156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure allocations to local authorities for 2023 under the Local Government Fund will be increased to deal...
- Animal Diseases
157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking concerning the shooting season and the potential to further spread highly pathogenic avian influenza....
- Housing Provision
158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which housing developments are in hand in each local authority throughout the country, as well as in County...
- Planning Issues
167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps, if any, that can be taken to improve the planning process in terms of more rapid determination of applications and...
- Wastewater Treatment
168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of advice or guidance his Department has provided to county councils or the EPA, having regard to the Environmental...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights
169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on concerns in relation to human rights in Bahrain (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47381/22]
- Passport Services
171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport issue will be resolved for an Irish citizen (details supplied) who lives in France; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure a school transport ticket is allocated to a pupil (details supplied). [47388/22]
- Educational Disadvantage
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will extend DEIS status to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if her Department will take into account that the...
- School Transport
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a pupil (details supplied) was instructed to change bus for their school transport, given there is sufficient capacity on the bus they...
- Special Educational Needs
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism classes that were opened in the Dublin Fingal constituency for the school year 2022-2023; and if she will make a statement...
- School Admissions
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who are without an appropriate school place in the Dublin Fingal constituency; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new SNA roles that were created in the Dublin Fingal constituency for the school year 2022-2023; and if she will make a statement...
- School Transport
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will undertake an audit of school bus tickets to ensure children issued with tickets are consistently availing of their bus...
- Special Educational Needs
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the attention of the National Council for Special Education has been drawn to the number of children who will require a place in an autism...
- School Funding
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of all funding given to private schools in Ireland across all relevant headings for the years 2016 to 2021 and to...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- School Meals Programme
194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration may be given to an alternative to the school dinner scheme, including the possible option of hot and cold...
- Social Welfare Appeals
195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the social welfare appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Funding
196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if interim funding will be put in place for 2023 in respect of an organisation (details supplied) to allow it to provide a...
- Social Welfare Code
197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to exempting arts grants and funding self-employed individuals receive as artists from means...
- Social Welfare Payments
199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she expects the gratuity payment to former community employment scheme supervisors to be paid; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Code
200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will raise the age at which a child has to cease claiming domiciliary care allowance from 16 years to 18 years; and if...
- Personal Public Service Numbers
201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the issuing of PPS numbers to United States nationals who have a contract of employment in Ireland, in...
- Social Welfare Payments
202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a living alone allowance payment did not transfer from an invalidity pension to a contributory pension when a...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Family Resource Centres
204. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider introducing minimum core funding for family resource centres in counties Longford and...
- Childcare Services
205. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare facilities registered with his Department that have opened in each of the years 2020 and...
- Housing Provision
207. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of private or for-profit housing providers that have service level agreements with the HSE in 2022;...
- Childcare Services
208. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address the shortage of childcare and early education facilities in Kinsale, County...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Overseas Study Placements
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Erasmus grant supports are still being offered to third level students who take up college and work placements in the United Kingdom since...
- Departmental Funding
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be allocated to third level institutions through the Erasmus Plus programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Qualifications
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will give serious consideration to launching a structured graduate programme that would support the 35% of cardiac...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeship registrations in the construction sector, by type, to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Third Level Costs
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sources of funding, if any, that are available for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to further their education. [47520/22]
- Medical Qualifications
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered increasing the number of places available for students to obtain a bachelor of pharmacy degree; and if he will make a...
- Third Level Admissions
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of occupational therapy places that were accepted for the incoming college year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47551/22]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeship applications that were made in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47553/22]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Naturalisation Applications
220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects a determination to be made in the case of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied);...
- An Garda Síochána
221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public order units operating across each of the six Garda divisions in Dublin from 2017 to 2022, inclusive, in...
- Immigration Status
224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options that are available to a 20-year-old Belarussian national (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Data
225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average number of individuals who complete community service orders each year; the number who have completed community...
- An Garda Síochána
226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the volume of retirements in An Garda Síochána whereby the gardaí in question had not served five years or more...
- Department of Health
- Disability Services
227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons living with a disability who are currently supported by State-funded care packages to live in housing provided by private or for-profit...
- Health Services Staff
229. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid by the HSE to recruitment companies in each month in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the specific areas for which these...
- Medical Cards
230. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) regarding eligibility for a medical card. [47352/22]
- Health Services
231. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47357/22]
- Defibrillators Provision
232. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if funding is available for a group to obtain and install a defibrillator; and if he...
- General Practitioner Services
233. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence from Monaghan County Council regarding general practitioner shortages in south County Monaghan; if he will investigate these...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
235. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 20 September 2022, if he will provide details of the review commissioned by the HSE of the evidence regarding...
- Healthcare Policy
236. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report published by an organisation (details supplied); if he has considered the recommendations made in the report; and...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
237. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement his Department or the HSE has had with Mayo County Council regarding the transfer of a site (details supplied) from the HSE to Mayo County...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
238. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered the administration of the front-line pandemic payment for private nursing home staff who either no longer work in that nursing...
- Mental Health Services
239. To ask the Minister for Health the correspondence and instructions the HSE received from the Mental Health Commission regarding the centre for mental health care and recovery in Bantry...
- Pharmacy Services
242. To ask the Minister for Health the date the European Union pharmaceutical cross-departmental group last met; the date it will next meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47402/22]
- Hospital Appointments Status
243. To ask the Minister for Health when appropriate treatment will be made available in the appropriate hospital location in the case of a person (details supplied) who has been treated in...
- Medicinal Products
244. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the reimbursement application for a treatment (details supplied); and when he expects this treatment will be made available to...
- General Practitioner Services
245. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of a replacement general practitioner for Ballymore Health Centre, County Westmeath. [47428/22]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
246. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of making continuous glucose monitors available on the long-term illness scheme for all those living with type 1 diabetes; and if he will...
- Health Services Staff
247. To ask the Minister for Health the number of placements provided for training across all healthcare disciplines in each of the past three years, by discipline, in tabular form; and if he...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
248. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the payment of the Covid-19 recognition payment to eligible workers in non-HSE and non-section 38 organisations; if he will guarantee payments...
- Medicinal Products
249. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the approval of evusheld for the treatment of Covid-19 by the European Union; if he intends to fast-track approval of this...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
250. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that when the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 is implemented, all assisted human reproduction treatments currently available...
- Health Strategies
251. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a commission for a new national cardiovascular health strategy that specifically includes heart valve disease; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff
252. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit and train more cardiac physiologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47455/22]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
254. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting times for the critical diagnostic test for heart valve disease and most other cardiac conditions, known as an echocardiogram, to...
- General Practitioner Services
255. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase direct access to echocardiography for general practitioners through community-based ambulatory care hubs, given 80% of private hospitals...
- Disability Services
256. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in establishing dedicated community neurorehabilitation teams for each CHO, as outlined in the National Strategy & Policy for the...
- Health Services Staff
257. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint additional nurse specialists across adult neurology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47466/22]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
259. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system was not provided to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary with type 1 diabetes; the...
- Substance Misuse
260. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that while the overall allocation to the drugs initiative budget in his Department has risen every year since 2017,...
- Health Strategies
263. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cardiac services review; when he expects it to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47493/22]
- Hospital Facilities
264. To ask the Minister for Health the expected opening date for the second catheterisation laboratory in University Hospital Waterford; the number of staff who have been recruited to date; the...
- Health Services
265. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for paediatric speech and language therapy in Roscommon, east Galway and Galway as a whole; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Homes
266. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in respect of calls for a public enquiry into nursing home deaths...
- Pharmacy Services
268. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Ireland does not have a chief pharmaceutical officer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47514/22]
- Mental Health Services
269. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Annual Report for the years 2013 to 2014 up to and including 2020 to 2021; and if he will make a statement...
- Disabilities Assessments
270. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are currently waiting for an assessment of need in CHO DNCC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47536/22]
- Disability Services
271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical positions that are available throughout the children's disability network team in CHO DNCC; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disabilities Assessments
272. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has contacted all children who had a preliminary team assessment and were offered an assessment of need in the way the Disability Act 2005 outlines;...
- Primary Care Centres
274. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all services currently provided in a primary care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47555/22]
- Mental Health Services
279. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working in the mental health sector in the HSE and in any other voluntary hospital group or organisation, by category of occupation, from...
- Hospital Staff
280. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request all HSE hospitals and organisations to conduct exit interviews for staff members who have submitted notice of their intention to leave the...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
281. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm a decision will be made in 2023 to build a public elective hospital in the mid-west. [47614/22]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Correspondence
282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a substantive response to correspondence sent to his office on 13 July 2022 (details supplied) will issue; and if he will make a...
- Fishing Industry
283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 14 July 2022, the status of the commitment to ensure inshore waters continue to be...
- Animal Welfare
284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of authorised officers employed specifically to investigate canine welfare and companion animals as opposed to...
- Assisted Animal Reproduction
286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections that were carried out under the Artificial Insemination of Greyhounds Act 2005; the year of inspection; and...
- Domestic Pets
287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of prosecutions that were taken under the Online Sale and Supply of Pets Regulations, in tabular form. [47449/22]
- Animal Welfare
288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of Ireland's position on the establishment of a European Union-wide negative list system for exotic...
- Wildlife Protection
290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2110 of 8 September 2022, if he agrees that by this logic, an animal is not considered wild...
- Animal Diseases
291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to address the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza. [47568/22]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Community Development Projects
292. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of valid applications that have been received by her Department, by county, under the community centres investment fund;...
